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Steve Slevinski wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid45C0AD9B.3030206@signpuddle.net" type="cite">Hi
Jonathan,
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I'm currently updating SignPuddle 1.5 to use ID numbers rather than
glosses. (It's a historical issue.) I'm going to be adding a
multi-term field (or glosses or keywords...) so that multiple words can
be associated with a single sign. This will also support Unicode.
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We're still refining the terminology, but for me a sign has a spelling
and a sequence. The spelling is the visual appearance of the sign, or
symbols in space. The build string contains all of the information
required to create a sign's visual appearance.
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The sequence is an ordered list of symbols. The sequence usually
contains the symbols in the spelling, but it can also contain
additional symbols. A sign's sequence must be manually created.
Currently, only SignBank uses the SignSpelling Sequence, but it takes a
long time to create.
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs2/sw0145-SignSpelling-2004.pdf">http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs2/sw0145-SignSpelling-2004.pdf</a>
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SBML
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SBML is going to allow the spelling and sequence information to be
created in SignPuddle and imported into SignBank.
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The ID is a unique identifier for the imported sign. This will allow
future imports to updating existing signs and add new signs at the same
time. <br>
The build string is a series of coma separated symbol ID numbers and xy
coordinates. A color version of the build string uses an additional
color code after the xy coordinates for each symbol.
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How will the programs distinguish which of the two versions is being
used?<br>
<blockquote cite="mid45C0AD9B.3030206@signpuddle.net" type="cite"><br>
The sequence string is a series of coma separated symbol ID numbers.
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The detail is a field used for text information about the sign. I'm
currently using the gloss for this field.
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I've attached my test file. SBML is a standard format for importing
information into SignBank.
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SignText Email
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The SignText email should display the images before the text and the
load link should be clickable.
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If you're using ThunderBird, this should work flawlessly. SignText
sends HTML emails and the "Content-Type: multipart/related;" is
correctly used. The images are imbedded in the email and used in the
HTML.
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Try changing ThunderBird's configuration, specifically View >>
Message Body As >> Original HTML.
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I made the change and it works like a charm. One column beside the
other .... Reading the SignWriting emails now is soooooooooo much
nicer now. Thanks for the tip.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Jonathan<br>
<blockquote cite="mid45C0AD9B.3030206@signpuddle.net" type="cite"><br>
Regards,
<br>
-Steve
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE sbml SYSTEM <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2/sbml.dtd">"http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2/sbml.dtd"</a>>
<sbml>
<sign>
<id>11.11.11.11</id>
<build>01-05-011-01-04-10,82,115,01-05-048-01-03-01,91,130,02-06-001-01-01-02,120,121,02-01-001-01-01-01,111,112,</build>
<sequence>01-05-048-01-03-01,01-05-011-01-04-10,02-06-001-01-01-02,02-01-001-01-01-01,</sequence>
<detail>Refresh</detail>
</sign>
<sign>
<id>11.11.11.12</id>
<build>01-05-014-01-04-10,115,122,01-01-001-01-06-02,135,137,02-01-001-01-01-07,141,110,02-05-001-02-01-05,168,114,02-05-001-02-01-07,165,116,</build>
<sequence>01-01-001-01-06-02,01-05-014-01-04-10,02-01-001-01-01-07,02-05-001-02-01-07,02-05-001-02-01-05,</sequence>
<detail>Edit</detail>
</sign>
<sign>
<id>11.11.11.13</id>
<build>01-05-011-01-04-11,132,131,01-05-044-01-04-15,134,122,02-01-001-01-01-07,140,104,02-06-001-01-01-16,117,91,</build>
<sequence>01-05-044-01-04-15,01-05-011-01-04-11,02-01-001-01-01-07,02-06-001-01-01-16,</sequence>
<detail>Add</detail>
</sign>
<sign>
<id>11.11.11.14</id>
<build>01-05-011-01-03-01,132,115,01-05-011-01-03-09,109,116,01-05-011-01-01-01,161,138,01-05-011-01-01-09,82,138,02-09-005-01-02-04,98,152,02-09-005-01-01-03,134,151,08-02-001-01-01-05,117,178,</build>
<sequence>01-05-011-01-01-01,01-05-011-01-01-09,02-09-005-01-01-03,02-09-005-01-02-04,01-05-011-01-03-01,01-05-011-01-03-09,</sequence>
<detail>Close</detail>
</sign>
<sign>
<id>11.11.11.15</id>
<build>01-10-001-01-05-01,96,106,02-05-002-01-01-01,92,90,08-01-001-01-01-05,98,82,</build>
<sequence></sequence>
<detail>OK</detail>
</sign>
<sign>
<id>11.11.11.16</id>
<build></build>
<sequence></sequence>
<detail>Cancel</detail>
</sign>
</sbml> </pre>
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